There are two types of workers at Christmas. Those who try their best to avoid Christmas corporate dinner and those who have been waiting for this all year. All this depends partly on the individual conditions of each person; but really party organization This also has a lot to do with this.
For this reason, in 2019, a psychologist from Wilhelm Wundt Institute for Psychology (Germany), Hannes Sacherwanted to analyze the factors that make a company’s Christmas dinner a source of happiness for its employees. In general and with exceptions, of course.
To conduct his research, he first did review of scientific literaturebut it turned out that this is something that has been studied very little. So he continued to conduct his own research. They took part in this 359 employees from several German companies. This was a fairly large sample, both in terms of age, level of education, company functions, and many other factors. In this way, bias in the results can be avoided, which is very important when conducting scientific research.
How was the study conducted?
Workers aged from from 19 to 67 years oldresponded to surveys in early January 2019, so the last corporate Christmas dinner was just a few weeks away.
Each had to answer a series of questions about their individual characteristics, as well as about the organization of the party and the company itself. All this was assessed with rating from 1 to 5depending on how identified they felt with each statement. In addition, as is logical, objective data such as gender, age or position. The researcher expected some results before analyzing the surveys, but after analyzing, he was able to obtain even more reliable data with which he could build the perfect Christmas corporate dinner.
What is the ideal corporate Christmas dinner?
As you might expect, people with greater Christmas spirit and Christian religious ideology They were the ones who felt the happiest at the Christmas dinner in the company. What other data was extracted from the study?
Sacher noted, firstly, that older employees with more hours worked In the company, they were the ones who felt the least dissatisfaction after the celebration. On the other hand, those who had higher positions in the company hierarchy and felt most connected to it were those who felt the most satisfaction.
This aside, the study also highlighted organizational factors. For example, the parties with the greatest satisfaction were good human relations and informal and fun activities. It wasn’t enough to just eat. Another important fact was the food. It is clear that the participants preferred the Christmas corporate dinner. with closed menu than a buffet.
This is also important symbolism as part of the holiday and, although it may seem a little boring, presence of speech. In general, those employees who performed at the celebration were the most satisfied. They also liked it when they could participate in organizing a party. This is very positive. It has already been observed that employees who participate in the design of their workplace are happier with their jobs, so often participating in the organization of these dinners is also positive.
Finally, the greatest dissatisfaction was caused by very formal dinnersin case of bad behavior of an employee or manager and, above all, in which there was excessive alcohol consumption. Of course, the availability of sufficient quantities of both alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks was greatly appreciated.
In short, if you are a businessman and are thinking of hosting your company’s Christmas dinner, remember that it is something casual, fun, with a set menu and all sorts of drinks, and spice it up with laughter and a good speech. It’s very difficult to organize, isn’t it? Well, let employees participate in the organization.
Source: Hiper Textual
